SONG LYRICS

Before You Go Away

I don't know where to startPerhaps what's worstIs knowing that we have to partSo I'll just tell youFrom the bottom of my heartHow much it hurts to see you go

You said you'd never changeBut now you're distancedAnd your eyes have turned so strangeI'm badly puncturedAnd I'm madly disarrangedBut that's notWhat I wanted you to know

Before you go awayI have some thingsThat I will die if I don't saySo if you go nowAnd my whole life slips awayMy love will stay with youForever and a dayBefore you go awayI must remind youThat you took away the greyIn case you won't returnI've memorized your smileBefore you go awayPlease hold me for a while

I'm selfish and I'm weakI'm out of wordsBut still I feel this urge to speakPerhaps I'm scaredOf taking farewell cheek to cheekIf there are things still left to say

So nothing matters moreIf it's the last timeThat I'll see you shut this doorI must admit that you haveTouched me to the coreAnd I'm so gladThat you have crossed my way

Before you go awayI want to thank youFor your help to seize the dayIf it's the last thingThat you'll ever hear me say:You'll stay in everyPiece of music that I playBefore you go awayI must remind youThat you took away the greyIn case you won't returnvI've memorized your smileBefore you go awayPlease hold me for a whilePlease hold me for a while

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About J.C. Schütz

Johan Christher Schütz is a Swedish songwriter and composer writing for musical theatre. His songs have been covered by singers from four different continents.
He released his first solo album Passion in 2004, which immediately became an indie bestseller in Japan.

During October 2011, his song Slow Down was the most played foreign song on Japanese radio.

He premiered his first musical Tivolisaga (Carnival Tale) in Sweden in 2013, written in collaboration with director Johan Pettersson.

In 2016 he was admitted to the BML workshop in London, aimed at nurturing and developing new British musical theatre writing.

In 2017 he received the Löf Foundation Culture Award.

In February 2018, new musical 'Colette' was showcased in the West-End at Crazy Coqs, with music by Schütz, and lyrics by Rachel Dawick and Danusia Iwaszko, written during the BML workshop.